J.A. Matteson
Non-negotiable, irrevocable, unsurpassed in wisdom, perfect in beauty, unrestrained in power, the righteousness of God is magnificently revealed from heaven in Jesus Christ, who, vicariously bore the sins of many, inputting His righteousness through His perfect obedience to the Law upon all who call on His name, trusting in Him alone for their justification before God. "For being ignorant of God's righteousness, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted to the righteousness of God" (Rom. 10:3). Arrogance, pride, ignorance and folly overtake men of corrupt mind who vainly attempt to diminish the righteousness of God by establishing their own, and this they commit to their own fitting destruction, for the LORD does not suffer fools who in their own eyes purpose to defame the name and holiness of Almighty God. And into this judgment they were appointed that the glory of the heavenly revelation of the righteousness of God in Jesus Christ might be established, being highly exalted above all the wisdom of man. Blessed are the eyes that see, the ears that hear, and the soul that yearns to be clothed with the righteousness of Christ, for he will be invited to sit at the table of the wedding feast of the Lamb as a bride who has made herself ready for her groom.
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